MARAC Co-Ordination and Domestic Abuse Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £40,755 i £48,531 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 16 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Sutton, London |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | London Borough of Sutton |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 3646 |
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About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a MARAC Co-Ordination and Domestic Abuse Officer within Children's Social Care at the London Borough of Sutton. This opportunity is available on a secondment for 12 months, with a view of extending. Our objective is to support those experiencing domestic abuse and to ensure support is visible to all. Reporting to the Team Manager, you will undertake the following:
MARAC Coordination:
Coordination of MARAC, ensuring continuous improvement by keeping up to date with legislation and best practice, as well as delivering training to ensure professionals are aware of referral pathways and how to constructively engage in the process and work effectively with relevant partners
Work with MARAC partners and others to ensure effective collaboration, leading to improved outcomes for victims and children
Collate MARAC data and provide reports and updates as needed to strategic partnership meetings, including the annual MARAC review
Respond to MARAC referrals and queries in a timely manner, as set out in the agreed guidelines
Additional Responsibilities:
Enhancing Sutton’s Coordinated Community Response (CCR):
Keep up to date with developments in best practice, innovation and national policy to enable us to continuously improve our local service offer and make the most efficient use of available resources
Strengthen partnerships by assisting to organise Forum / Champions network meetings to facilitate communication and local partners working effectively, as well as facilitating constructive work among Transform partners
Grant Funding co-lead:
Identifying and supporting external grant funding bids to add value to the Transform partnership offer.
Working with existing and future grant-funded services such as IRIS, DRIVE and Restart to ensure we’re getting maximum value from and that staff are aware of how to refer into these interventions
Perpetrator management co-lead and trainer:
Further developing our approach to perpetrator management, ensuring we learn from existing programmes, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, including training social care and other professionals on how to engage more effectively with perpetrators in order to reduce risk to victims and children
Deputise for the DA Commissioning Manager:
Support the DA Commissioning Manager with the process of recommissioning the Sutton DA service, including the review / consultation process to identify what’s gone well with the existing service and opportunities for improvement
Participate in the DA Strategic Partnership Board meetings to ensure that we have an effective systems-wide approach with buy-in from decision-makers, informed by input from operational / front-line staff
LSCP training:
Deliver training to local professionals to support improvement of their identification of and response to victims and children, and how to work constructively with other partners in order to achieve better outcomes more quickly
MARAC / DA / Perpetrator work SPoC with CSC:
Participate in MAMDA meetings to provide information and advice on cases referred into CFCS with an element of DA
Consultations and advice to front-line professionals such as social workers and others about DA cases, with a goal of delivering better outcomes more quickly
About Us
The London Borough of Sutton “is uncompromising in its focus on improving quality of frontline social work” – Ofsted
London Borough of Sutton works closely with Kingston University and regional partners as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP). The partnership offers staff a wide range of pre and post qualifying education opportunities to promote continuous learning and development. This includes staff being encouraged to support the practice education of Social Work students and those in the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). Staff are also given the opportunity to attend conferences, workshops and have access to research and practice resources to support their ongoing professional development.
Children's Social Care is going through an important change to meet the growing needs of the children and families we support. We are making many improvements to ensure that care for children is better and to create positive working environments for our staff. With committed leaders and experienced managers, we are bringing fresh ideas to our work and are helping to make real improvements in how we support children and families. Our aim is to provide high-quality care that helps children thrive while also creating an inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment for our staff to develop their careers.
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as a MARAC Co-Ordination and Domestic Abuse Officer within Children's Social Care at the London Borough of Sutton. This opportunity is available on a secondment for 12 months, with a view of extending. Our objective is to support those experiencing domestic abuse and to ensure support is visible to all. Reporting to the Team Manager, you will undertake the following:
MARAC Coordination:
Coordination of MARAC, ensuring continuous improvement by keeping up to date with legislation and best practice, as well as delivering training to ensure professionals are aware of referral pathways and how to constructively engage in the process and work effectively with relevant partners
Work with MARAC partners and others to ensure effective collaboration, leading to improved outcomes for victims and children
Collate MARAC data and provide reports and updates as needed to strategic partnership meetings, including the annual MARAC review
Respond to MARAC referrals and queries in a timely manner, as set out in the agreed guidelines
Additional Responsibilities:
Enhancing Sutton’s Coordinated Community Response (CCR):
Keep up to date with developments in best practice, innovation and national policy to enable us to continuously improve our local service offer and make the most efficient use of available resources
Strengthen partnerships by assisting to organise Forum / Champions network meetings to facilitate communication and local partners working effectively, as well as facilitating constructive work among Transform partners
Grant Funding co-lead:
Identifying and supporting external grant funding bids to add value to the Transform partnership offer.
Working with existing and future grant-funded services such as IRIS, DRIVE and Restart to ensure we’re getting maximum value from and that staff are aware of how to refer into these interventions
Perpetrator management co-lead and trainer:
Further developing our approach to perpetrator management, ensuring we learn from existing programmes, embedding a culture of continuous improvement, including training social care and other professionals on how to engage more effectively with perpetrators in order to reduce risk to victims and children
Deputise for the DA Commissioning Manager:
Support the DA Commissioning Manager with the process of recommissioning the Sutton DA service, including the review / consultation process to identify what’s gone well with the existing service and opportunities for improvement
Participate in the DA Strategic Partnership Board meetings to ensure that we have an effective systems-wide approach with buy-in from decision-makers, informed by input from operational / front-line staff
LSCP training:
Deliver training to local professionals to support improvement of their identification of and response to victims and children, and how to work constructively with other partners in order to achieve better outcomes more quickly
MARAC / DA / Perpetrator work SPoC with CSC:
Participate in MAMDA meetings to provide information and advice on cases referred into CFCS with an element of DA
Consultations and advice to front-line professionals such as social workers and others about DA cases, with a goal of delivering better outcomes more quickly
About Us
The London Borough of Sutton “is uncompromising in its focus on improving quality of frontline social work” – Ofsted
London Borough of Sutton works closely with Kingston University and regional partners as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP). The partnership offers staff a wide range of pre and post qualifying education opportunities to promote continuous learning and development. This includes staff being encouraged to support the practice education of Social Work students and those in the assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE). Staff are also given the opportunity to attend conferences, workshops and have access to research and practice resources to support their ongoing professional development.
Children's Social Care is going through an important change to meet the growing needs of the children and families we support. We are making many improvements to ensure that care for children is better and to create positive working environments for our staff. With committed leaders and experienced managers, we are bringing fresh ideas to our work and are helping to make real improvements in how we support children and families. Our aim is to provide high-quality care that helps children thrive while also creating an inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment for our staff to develop their careers.